Mule Resophonic Guitars

If you buy a Mule it was made by these three people. Me - on the left, my twin brother Phil, and the mighty Smithers. The metal resonator guitar has been done the same way since 1928. There was of course a 60 year hiatus...

I wrote a post a few weeks ago about The First Equation.  The idea being that if you want to go venture out and do something you need to find the math equation that tells the story.  We want to hide our heads in the sand and...

    (Above) My first set of spun tricones. Let yourself be a beginner. It's been said before. But....how?  Why don't you?  I think we skip the beginner stage because we have good taste.  We know what's awesome, what we...

The buzzword in business podcasts I listen to these days is "gratitude".  Big shot business guys, motivational speakers all want to show people the power of gratitude.  But listening to the last couple I hear a common theme -...

Everyone wants authority. Taking responsibility is more important.  It's our gut reaction to walk into a meeting/work place/internet forum and want to be the one that everyone nods their heads to, but being the guy who says,...

I love building resonator guitars. LOVE.  Every day the feeling will find it's way to the surface, " Why me?" It's just awesome. ...

Brass resonator guitar start to finish ...

Gee golly brass is nice. This one is headed over the pond to James Home of Tone. ...

If building guitars has 1,00 steps, probably 800 of them are in teh locating/setup. Smithers does them all, very well.   ...

Ever bit off more than you can chew?  Work 80 hours in a week? How was that for ya? I read something in regards to repeat-ability in regards to physical effort and working out that struck a chord. Eighty percent of your...